New Posts For Thread: The last knockings -RP Joke article.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31888395/the-last-knockings--rp-joke-articlehttps://www.racingpost.com/news/features/the-big-read/its-like-a-social-club-meet-the-punters-who-fear-betting-shops-could-go-the-way-of-the-local-pub-a7wLG5T2LIIA/With the future of betting shops up in the air, Chris Cook travels to Cheltenham to exTown Centre Laddies mile from above i watched a cashier have a full blown purple faced screaming match with an elderly guy over an underpaid return, even if cashier was right it was an awful spectacle, i reported the latter not the earlier, would lovhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31888395/the-last-knockings--rp-joke-article?post_id=565073701#565073701Town Centre Laddies mile from above i watched a cashier have a full blown purple faced screaming match with an elderly guy over an underpaid return, even if cashier was right it was an awful spectacle, i reported the latter not the earlier, would lovMon, 10 Nov 2025 05:27:47 -0600Local Ladbrokes girl cashier, full of tattoos and fiillers, had to stand a yard away from counter as the body odour was appalling, then had to explain the amount of change she was to give me after i gave her 40 quid, i wish i was joking.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31888395/the-last-knockings--rp-joke-article?post_id=565073689#565073689Local Ladbrokes girl cashier, full of tattoos and fiillers, had to stand a yard away from counter as the body odour was appalling, then had to explain the amount of change she was to give me after i gave her 40 quid, i wish i was joking.Mon, 10 Nov 2025 05:23:57 -0600i suppose we should not think all things bad for high st bookies is unfair ... years ago , and i mean at least 30 years , i was given a course notes folio from a friend who wanted a managers job at a big firm . the blatant info/ advice on how to manihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31888395/the-last-knockings--rp-joke-article?post_id=565073357#565073357i suppose we should not think all things bad for high st bookies is unfair ... years ago , and i mean at least 30 years , i was given a course notes folio from a friend who wanted a managers job at a big firm . the blatant info/ advice on how to maniSun, 09 Nov 2025 18:02:08 -0600Did they pay him out in fivers over the counter? ^^^https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31888395/the-last-knockings--rp-joke-article?post_id=565073341#565073341Did they pay him out in fivers over the counter? ^^^Sun, 09 Nov 2025 17:42:47 -0600Thankfully I am no longer a big or degenerate punter i only have the odd bet here and there but love watching it ,I walk regularly with my young daughter and pass the barone which incidentally opened roughly a year or 2 ago in between a pub and a padhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31888395/the-last-knockings--rp-joke-article?post_id=565073313#565073313Thankfully I am no longer a big or degenerate punter i only have the odd bet here and there but love watching it ,I walk regularly with my young daughter and pass the barone which incidentally opened roughly a year or 2 ago in between a pub and a padSun, 09 Nov 2025 16:18:40 -0600Can you get a decent bet on with Bar One?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31888395/the-last-knockings--rp-joke-article?post_id=565073301#565073301Can you get a decent bet on with Bar One?Sun, 09 Nov 2025 15:58:21 -0600All except barone have been there over 30 years at leasthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31888395/the-last-knockings--rp-joke-article?post_id=565073299#565073299All except barone have been there over 30 years at leastSun, 09 Nov 2025 15:53:15 -0600There are 3 paddy's 2 boyles and 2 ladbrokes and 1 barone within a 5 min max drive from my house here in cork and they closed 2 of the paddy's yesterdayhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31888395/the-last-knockings--rp-joke-article?post_id=565073295#565073295There are 3 paddy's 2 boyles and 2 ladbrokes and 1 barone within a 5 min max drive from my house here in cork and they closed 2 of the paddy's yesterdaySun, 09 Nov 2025 15:49:46 -0600*thoughhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31888395/the-last-knockings--rp-joke-article?post_id=565073291#565073291*thoughSun, 09 Nov 2025 15:48:58 -0600Scathing but absolutely representative of the modern 'customer service representative' behind the counter.Asked for a price on a non horse racing event some years after popping in to a Corals shop in the town centre only to be directed to the fixed ohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31888395/the-last-knockings--rp-joke-article?post_id=565073289#565073289Scathing but absolutely representative of the modern 'customer service representative' behind the counter.Asked for a price on a non horse racing event some years after popping in to a Corals shop in the town centre only to be directed to the fixed oSun, 09 Nov 2025 15:48:05 -0600